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February

Test drive an S6

London

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Test drive an S6

20th February 2018

9am onwards • 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY

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We’re sealing off our Soho demo room for the day so that you, the lucky few, can test drive our Atmos-capable S6 in private sessions with Saxon, our resident music production expert. In these one-on-one sessions, you’ll get the chance to set up our S6 to suit your workflow, put your questions to our audio team and find out why the S6 has become the industry’s definitive control surface.

Demos are free, but as they’re one to one sessions places are limited, and you’ll need to let us know what time slot you’d like (just click ‘register now’ and drop your details into the form to save your space).

The J24 Edu Tech Fest 2018

Gateshead

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The J24 Edu Tech Fest 2018

22nd February 2018

11am-3pm • BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, NE8 3BA

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We’re hosting an exclusive technology showcase to show off some of the hottest education products, solutions and services! We’ll be running demos of all our solutions throughout the day so it’s the perfect chance to get yourself clued up on the latest education technologies.

From innovative apps and software to engaging tech and hardware essentials, we’ll have it all on show for you to get hands-on with. It’s a drop-in, so feel free to pop in whenever is convenient, but please RSVP to let us know you’re coming. We’ll be putting on lunch and afternoon drinks, and there’s even chance to win a Parrot Mambo drone too!

To mark the launch of the Northumberland Apple Regional Training Centre (RTC), we’re holding an exclusive event for teachers to get hands-on with iPad. The creative, activity-based day will focus on iPad training, with attendees trialling apps and learning how their students might use them. Attendees will explore the various exhibitions at the Centre for Life in Newcastle, then feed back using the apps explored during the day – just as students would do in the classroom. Alongside this, we’ll be running workshops on leasing and subscription, coding, and new ways to use IT in the classroom. Delegates will also have the opportunity to get out and about with the team at Apple for a short walk using some of the apps, and explore GarageBand and iMovie at the Apple Store.

What to expect

8.45am

Coffee and registration.

9.15am

Presentations on leasing, coding, science and a new way of looking at IT.

10am

Split into two groups covering science-related apps, Showbie, storytelling with Adobe Spark, Apple-hosted training on GarageBand and iMovie, and a photographic walk at the Apple Store.

12.45pm

Lunch.

1.15pm

Computing with Sphero workshop.

East Midlands Mac Admins event

Nottingham

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East Midlands Mac Admins event

14th March 2018

7pm - 9.30pm • Jigsaw24, 40 High Church Street, Nottingham NG7 7JA

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We’re facilitating the Easy Midlands Apple Admins event in March, featuring a range of talks including the lowdown on GDPR, the latest Jamf update and an in-depth look at Parallels Mac Management. And of course, beer and pizza will be provided for when you’re mixing with the experts.

The event is free to attend but places are limited, to register now to secure your place!

What to expect

7pm

Arrivals.

7.15pm

Welcome to Jigsaw24

7.20pm

GDPR in a nutshell – Liam, 5U.

7.35pm

Classroom configuration – Ryan Slater.

8pm

Jamf update and patch management – Dave Hornby.

8.25pm

Parallels Mac management in-depth – Pet Begbie.

8.55pm

Code 42 – TBC.

9.10pm

Open discussion.

Jigsaw24’s Tech Breakfasts

London

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Jigsaw24’s Tech Breakfasts

14th March 2018

9am - 9.45am • 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY

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We’re waking audio and video experts up bright and early and bringing them down to Soho for our series of Tech Breakfasts! Kicking off at 9am, they’re a great opportunity to hear from clued-in pros about the latest industry developments and get some free technical training while you take a pit stop on your way to work.

Our next Tech Breakfast will focus on preparing guests for the 18th edition of the IET regulations, which will debut this summer. That means there’s no better time to review best practice for designing and constructing machine rooms and remote data centres.

Between electrical power entering a building and arriving at the back of a server or media production workstation, there are hundreds of potential pitfalls for cost, performance and safety. And in the case of offsite data centres, technicians are required to monitor power usage and control remotely – nobody wants to travel for an hour to address a Windows blue screen. Our experts will show you how to avoid technical pitfalls that could cost you money and drain productivity, and provide tips to help you design an efficient monitoring workflow.

Our experts…

Phil Crawley, Head of Systems Integration, root6
Phil has over 30 years’ experience as a broadcast engineer. He was previously the Technical Director of The Resolution Post Group, Chief Engineer at Oasis Television, and worked on the first three series of Big Brother before joining root6 to oversee the design, commission and certification of systems integration projects. In his spare time, he makes handheld games consoles and is a member of the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE).

Matt Ward, Senior Engineer, root6 Matt worked with some of London’s leading music recording studios before making the jump to video post and handling delivery to national broadcasters. He’s worked in post-production and broadcast ever since. He’s a member of the SMPTE, and was previously a Technical Manager at Strongroom Post-Production, Breathe Post-Production and Air Post-Production.

Mix with the Pros: Music edition

London

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Mix with the Pros: Music edition

Thursday 22nd March 2018

6pm onwards • 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY

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At the next instalment of Mix with the Pros, we’ll be showcasing exciting new products that are making WAVs in the music production and mixing arenas. These will include the latest Avid updates, Focusrite’s Dante tech, Trinnov, monitors and a range of plug-ins and software instruments from Izotope, Nugen, Slate, Spitfire Audio and Native Instruments.

As always, entry is free but places are limited, so get your name on the list now to ensure you can get hands-on with the latest kit and put your questions to the experts.

What to expect

6pm

What’s new from Avid? Avid’s Simon Sherbourne on the S3, S6 and the latest updates to Pro Tools.

6.20pm

Red and Dante Focusrite introduce their new Red 4Pre and Red 8Pre, the Red16 Line, and Dante preamp and monitoring systems.

6.30pm

Monitoring Everything you need to know about Focal speakers with Garry Robson from SCV.

6.40pm

Trinnov on the ST2 Emerging’s Paul Mortimer demystifies the inner workings of the ST2 stereo processor.

As you probably know, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming to the UK on 25th May 2018, so alongside our industry experts we’ll be giving insights, key pointers and be here to answer any questions you may have, so you and your business are prepared.

Agency IT Solutions will be giving an overview of GDPR, demystifying the regulation and providing a practical understanding of where you should already be in preparation for May. You’ll also hear from Code42 and Jamf about how their software can assist with compliance with Cyber Essentials, and from our own Chief Technical Officer, Tariq Saied, who will be showcasing templates that focus on the CIS standards and compliance issues that enable customers to jumpstart their security biased projects.

Plus, we’ll be bringing you up to date on new firmware updates for Mac, as well as our usual drinks, natter and nibbles.

We’re hosting an exclusive technology showcase to show off some of the hottest education products, solutions and services! We’ll be running demos of all our solutions throughout the day so it’s the perfect chance to get yourself clued up on the latest education technologies.

From innovative apps and software to engaging tech and hardware essentials, we’ll have it all on show for you to get hands-on with. It’s a drop-in, so feel free to pop in whenever is convenient, but please RSVP to let us know you’re coming. We’ll be putting on lunch and afternoon drinks, and there’s even chance to win a Parrot Mambo drone too!

What to expect

The latest classroom Macs running creative software.

Zero touch deployment with Jamf Pro workshops.

iPad with Apple School Manager and Device Enrolment Programme.

iPad with Showbie and Revision Plan apps.

Engaging coding and robot solutions from Sphero and Parrot.

Interactive touchscreens from Clevertouch and BenQ.

Cases and trollies to protect your investment.

Digital signage with TrilbyTV.

Innovative WiFi solutions from Aruba.

Green screen video and cameras for the classroom.

Talks from our financing and insurance partners.

A chance to hear our Avid S6-enabled Steampunk demo room.

Get hands-on with Wacom

London

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Get hands-on with Wacom

Tuesday 17th October 2017

1-7pm • 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY

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Calling all designers – our Wacom drop-in day returns to Soho this October! If you’ve been to any of our previous events, you know the drill – this is your chance to get your hands-on with the latest Wacom gear, and have your pressing questions answered by our resident Wacom expert Sian.

We’ll have the hottest tablets from the Wacom range available for you to try on the day, including Intuos Pro, Cintiq Pro, MobileStudio Pro, and the mighty Cintiq 27QHD. You’ll have ample opportunity to try out each tablet, and find one that suits you best. Of course, Sian will be on hand to offer her advice and provide one on one demos, so if you’re looking to learn some new tips and tricks then get yourself down to Soho on 17th October!

Cintiq 27QHD, offering true-to-life colour on a high resolution display.

ADAM Audio S Series Roadshow Event

London

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ADAM Audio S Series UK launch

Wednesday 11th October

4-8pm • 59 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D 6AN

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Jigsaw24 will be joining ADAM Audio as they host an exclusive listening event on Wednesday 11th October at Dean St. Studios in Soho, where they’ll will be showcasing their groundbreaking S Series studio monitors. This is your chance to learn more about the S Series features, various technical innovations and of course the benefits for your monitoring. There’ll be an extensive listening session to give you the chance to fully experience this impressive feat of audio engineering, followed by the usual drinks, nibbles and networking.

Agenda

4pm

Doors open.

4.30pm

Presentation begins.

5pm

Listening session in either of the two demo areas.

5pm‑8pm

Networking with finger food and beer.

If you’d like to come along, please confirm your attendance by registering at adam-audio.com/roadshow before 6th October 2017.

Hear from award-winning director of photography Jeremy Humphries on how to get the most out of the new Sony FS7 Mk II, including discussion on how he recently shot Hunted and Escape to the Wild, and his experiences using the FS7 and FS7 Mk II. He’ll also share his expertise on shooting in extreme environments (Tonga, anyone?) and you'll have the chance to get hands-on with the FS7 Mk II and its accessories!

Our expert speaker:

Jeremy is a BBC-trained, award-winning director of photography with over 35 years of experience. He has filmed documentaries around the world in extreme and diverse locations, from South Africa and Zanzibar to the Pacific Rim and North Pole. He also trained contestants of Bear Grylls' The Island on how to use camcorders in extreme conditions.

What to expect:

4pm

Seminar with Jeremy Humphries on how to get the most out of the FS7 Mk II, plus top tips for shooting in extreme conditions.

5pm

Q&A session.

5.30pm

Get hands-on with the new FS Mk II, plus drinks, nibbles and a chance to chat to our experts.

Production Showcase and Drop-In

London

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Production Showcase and Drop-In

13th July 2017

3-7pm • 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY

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Drop in for our exclusive Atomos and HDR workshop, and get hands-on with all the latest camcorders, including the brand new Canon C200!

After putting your questions to the experts, stick around for demos of the Inferno, Ninja, Flame and Shogun ranges (incidentally, our directors have adopted these as their new superhero names). We’ll have the hottest camcorders from Sony, Blackmagic Design, Canon and Panasonic on hand, with Zeiss and Cirrolite rounding off the perfect shoot setup with lenses and lighting.

What to expect:

3-4pm
Exclusive Atomos and HDR workshop, focusing on how to utilise your Atomos monitor and recorder to create HDR content.

We’re bringing the creatives to Soho to celebrate the last quarter century of creative tech. Hear from leading creatives more about their work, what inspires them, how the technology they use has changed over the years, and where it’s heading in the years to come.

We’ll also have a screening of digital short film DESIGN DISRUPTORS, that’s guaranteed to get the creative juices flowing.

Our creative guests…

Terry Steeley, underwater photographer. Terry works in underwater photography across the world, with a wealth of experience as an educator in digital workflows.

DesignStudio, branding and digital creative agency. Voted one of the top ten UK studios for 2016 by Computer Arts Magazine, DesignStudio delivers bespoke design to global brands and audiences.

Rob Flowers, illustrator. Rob has recently adorned the front cover of Creative Review and has worked with the British Museum, MTV, Nike, BBC Radio 1, Google and ASOS.

Design Disruptors, short film screening. We’ll be screening a director’s cut of InVision’s Design Disruptors, a documentary about the rising importance of design as a competitive advantage in disruptive technologies.

What to expect

5.30pm

Registration.

5.50pm

Welcome to Jigsaw24.

6.00pm

Selection of 15 minute creative talks, including drinks, nibbles and getting hands-on with the latest kit.

8.00pm

Short film screening of Design Disruptors (30 mins).

Post-NAB open house

London

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Post-NAB open house

Friday 9th June

12-8pm • 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY

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If you didn’t make it to NAB, don’t worry. We’re bringing the best of this year’s show to Soho, with seminars on this year’s hot topics, breakdowns of the new releases and an open house session where you can put your questions to the team.

We’ll have the team on hand and the beer fridge filled all day, so you can drop in at any time and attend as many or as few sessions as you like – just let us know your details so we know who to expect.

What to expect

12pm

Open house Meet the experts who were at NAB for an informal chat.

2pm

Lens to post New camera hardware and production tools important to your workflow.

2.30pm

ContentAgent Updates on how the latest version can save you hours of time and pain with automated workflows.

3.15pm

Avid’s vision explained Our team cut through the marketing speak to find out what Avid’s NAB announcements will mean for your business.

4pm

No more tin? Discover the benefits of (and requirements for) moving your systems to a colocation.

4.45pm

Networking Drinks, nibbles and networking til late.

Jigsaw24’s Tech Breakfasts

London

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Jigsaw24’s Tech Breakfasts

Starting Wednesday 24th May 2017

9am-9.45am • 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY

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We’re waking audio and video experts up bright and early and bringing them down to Soho for our upcoming series of Tech Breakfasts! Kicking off at 9am, they’re a great opportunity to hear from clued-in pros about the latest industry developments and get some free technical training while you take a pit stop on your way to work.

Getting under way in May, our first Tech Breakfast will focus on high dynamic range (HDR) for television, followed by a morning seminar in July looking at colourimetry for film and TV, then an introduction to encryption in September. We’ll be laying on some breakfast bites to get you ready for the day ahead, and our experts will be hanging around till everyone’s headed off so you’ll have the chance to put your tough technical questions to them.

Our experts…

Phil Crawley, Head of Systems Integration, root6
Phil has over 30 years’ experience as a broadcast engineer. He was previously the Technical Director of The Resolution Post Group, Chief Engineer at Oasis Television, and worked on the first three series of Big Brother before joining root6 to oversee the design, commission and certification of systems integration projects. In his spare time, he makes handheld games consoles and is a member of the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE).

Matt Ward, Senior Engineer, root6 Matt worked with some of London’s leading music recording studios before making the jump to video post and handling delivery to national broadcasters. He’s worked in post-production and broadcast ever since. He’s a member of the SMPTE, and was previously a Technical Manager at Strongroom Post-Production, Breathe Post-Production and Air Post-Production.

In February 2017, we held a free virtual reality event at our Soho service and customer experience centre. Speakers from Alchemy VR, Rewind, Halo and The Mill shared their insights on using VR to create digital marketing and groundbreaking immersive experiences. We also had hands-on demos of the latest VR technology from HTC Vive and NVIDIA, and more, for attendees to try out themselves. Here's what went down...

Whether you’re a project studio or major music recording facility, we’re the go to supplier of creative audio solutions. We like to keep things simple, so we’re partnering up with Avid and breaking out Pro Tools | S3, Pro Tools | Dock and the new Touch Bar MacBook Pro to show you just how easy it can be to make banging tunes on a Mac!

Join our panel of pro audio experts as they discuss how they use Pro Tools to make music on a Mac, and get the chance to have a play on the new Touch Bar MacBook Pro while enjoying a few refreshments. We’ll also welcome leading vendors to our Soho service and customer experience centre, including Avid, Apogee Digital, Focusrite, JBL Pro, Lexicon, Sennheiser, Neumann and ROLI.

The expert panel

Tim Bran – Record producer known for his work with London Grammar, Birdy and Dreadzone.

Steve Mackey – Bass guitarist for Pulp, record producer for M.I.A and Florence + the Machine.

Stephen Street – Music producer for The Smiths, The Kaiser Chiefs and Blur.

7.45pm Drinks, networking and your chance to try out the new Touch Bar MacBook Pro.

Wacom Cintiq Pro & Intuos Pro drop-in

London

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NEW Wacom Cintiq Pro and Intuos Pro drop-in

Tuesday 14th March 2017

3-7pm • 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY

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Hot on the heels of the new MobileStudio Pro line of pen computers, Wacom have also completely refreshed their Cintiq and Intuos Pro lineups. So to give you the opportunity to get your hands on all the new tablets, as well as the MobileStudio Pro and Cintiq 27QHD, we’ve teamed up with Wacom for an exclusive drop-in event at our Soho service and customer experience centre.

As well as your chance to give the new models a try, we’ll also have Wacom expert Sian on hand to field any questions you might have, plus a few refreshments to keep you going. It’s a drop-in session, so feel free to swing by when you can – just let us know you’re coming by registering using the button on the right...

What to expect

NEW Intuos Pro and Paper. The industry standard Intuos Pro gets a makeover, with an all-new slim design and the Pro Pen 2, while the Paper Edition comes with the Paper Clip, which affixes to the top of your tablet and tracks pen strokes made with your Wacom Finetip Pen.

The R&S Clipster 6 is the gold standard workstation for mastering and distributing feature films and episodic TV, providing a foundation for post-production vendors to build services on. Talking us through it on the night will be Stephen Birdsong, an expert in HDR video. Stephen is stopping over from the States for one week only, so this is your exclusive chance to hear about HDR workflow and the Clipster 6 and put your questions to him, all over the customary beers.

Exclusive event: An evening with Neil Davidge

London

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Exclusive event: An evening with Neil Davidge

Wednesday 5th April 2017

6-9pm • 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY

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We’ve managed to pin down legendary composer and producer Neil Davidge for an evening at our Soho service and customer experience centre. Neil, best known for his work with Massive Attack, will be talking all about his past film, TV and video game projects (including Clash of the Titans, Trouble the Water and Halo 4), his experiences using Pro Tools (since 1994!), and his current film about the making of his album Slo Light.

We’ll be playing tracks and sessions from Slo Light, as well as revisiting Mezzanine and examining how the tracks were created. Sign up for your chance to hear from Neil and Avid, and pick their brains over a beer or two.